An Olyphant woman faces an endangerment charge after her 1-year-old son ate part of a marijuana gummy in her home and was rushed to the hospital, according to a criminal complaint.
Olyphant police and ambulance services responded to Tylise Perez’s Susquehanna Avenue residence at about 5:30 p.m. on July 3, for the report of a 1-year-old believed to have ingested some of his mother’s Four Loko alcoholic beverage.
When officers arrived, they found the child’s grandmother assisting him to the waiting ambulance.
Perez, 22, told police her son became very drowsy, was shaking and acting weird. She feared he drank some of her open Four Loko.
Paramedics believed the 1-year-old was having a seizure and noted he had an elevated heart rate. They immediately transported him to Lehigh Valley Dickson City Hospital.
According to the criminal complaint, the attending paramedic told police that, on the way to the hospital, Perez said her son might have eaten a portion of a THC edible she had in her bedroom.
A physician at the hospital told officers that the child’s condition made it necessary for him to be flown to Cedar Crest Hospital, Allentown, by helicopter.
When officers spoke with Perez, she first repeated she believed her son drank some of her Four Loko, but then admitted he may have eaten part of a THC edible she had purchased from a gas station.
Medical records indicated the 1-year-old suffered a cannabis overdose. Perez allegedly told hospital staff her son had ingested a “pink lemonade burst” live resin THC gummy around 5 p.m., about 48 minutes before she called 911.
During a search of Perez’s apartment, officers found 12 packages of full and open synthetic cannabis products, along with a plastic baggie containing suspected marijuana residue, from a nightstand next to Perez’s bed.
A review of the hospital’s initial report to Child Line described the incident as a “near fatality.”
The 1-year-old was discharged from the hospital on July 5 and Lackawanna County Office of Youth and Family services transferred his custody to his grandmother.
A preliminary hearing is scheduled for 10:15 a.m. on July 27 before District Judge Kipp Adcock.